Las extraordinarias historias de los codices mexicanos

by Maria Sten

México. 21 cm. 140 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada.. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario.

Genres: History

140 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1972

Reviews

[Cris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Se me hicieron super interesantes las historias alrededor de los códices que existen. El libro es muy ameno y divulgativo. ¡Me gustó mucho!

[Miya Kutchins · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was really interesting but I think the first portion (the more history focused first 70 pages) was a bit too fast paced/surface level. Overall a cool book and important project

[Yakub · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read a purple covered title that was called "The Mexican Codices and their Extraordinary History", I assume this is the same due to the same author. Really great accessible book, an easy read

[Erik Graff · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a rather odd book, poorly translated and informal in style. What is does is present the history of the codices recovered and still preserved from the cultures of the Aztecs, the Maya etc. The histories are sketchy as our knowledge of transmission are sketchy. Somewhat more complete, but still quite short, are anecdotal biographies of some of their discoverers, transmitters and interpreters. The book ends with some dubious translations of stories from the manuscripts.